The only way Reform UK could win a general election is through our first-past-the-post system. If we had proportional representation, the threat would evaporate. We don't have PR because Starmer has blocked it. This allows him to say: vote Labour or you get Farage. Because it's all he has left.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social A move to PR was floated by labour in the Thatcher era. Once they got into power, it was quietly dropped.
If they hadn't, the Tories might not have got in again.
The Lib Dems tried for it in coalition, but the Tory party effectively shot it down.